Hosea 3

1 And the LORD said unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of [her] friend and an adulteress, even as the LORD loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.

耶和华对我说：“你再去爱一个淫妇，就是她情人所爱的；好像以色列人，虽然偏向别神，喜爱葡萄饼，耶和华还是爱他们。”

2 So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

我便用银子十五舍客勒，大麦一贺梅珥半，买她归我。

3 and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man’s wife: so will I also be toward thee.

我对她说：“你当多日为我独居，不可行淫，不可归别人为妻，我向你也必这样。”

4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim.

以色列人也必多日独居，无君王，无首领，无祭祀，无柱像，无以弗得，无家中的神像。

5 afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall come with fear unto the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.

后来以色列人必归回，寻求他们的 神—耶和华和他们的王大卫。在末后的日子，必以敬畏的心归向耶和华，领受他的恩惠。